#38AFB8#38AFB8

#38AFB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38AFB8
RGB	rgb(56, 175, 184)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.6%, 4.9%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.72, -29.29, -14.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.72, 32.53, 205.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.33% -0.0953 -0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(69.33% 0.103 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6088, 34.9584, 50.7361)
Luminance	0.3496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38AFB8 #B84138

analogous

#38B881 #38AFB8 #386FB8

triadic

#38AFB8 #B838AF #AFB838

tetradic

#38AFB8 #8138B8 #B84138 #6FB838

square

#38AFB8 #8138B8 #B84138 #6FB838

split-complementary

#38AFB8 #B8386F #B88138

monochromatic

#1B565A #2A8289 #38AFB8 #5FC6CE #8ED7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#38AFB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#38AFB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38AFB8

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38AFB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38AFB8	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A8B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F9AB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38afb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 175, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81c7cd',
    500: '#38afb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38afb8;
$custom-light: #81c7cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38afb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.219,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69328,
    "c": 0.10307,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38AFB8

secondary

#C78985

accent

#554BDD

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #38AFB8

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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